outbreed

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outbreed (third-person singular simple present outbreeds, present participle outbreeding, simple past and past participle outbred)

To breed from parents not closely related.
(transitive) To breed more successfully than.
- 2009 February 22, Lynn Phillips, “Survival of the Hippest”, in New York Times‎^[1]:
  Showy peacocks attract more predators, but they outbreed drabber rivals just because peahens adore flashy tails.
- 2021 July 9, Michelle Goldberg, “The Christian Right Is in Decline, and It’s Taking America With It”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:
  It was common for conservatives to gloat that they were going to outbreed the left.